Rumblings xtra: Items that didn't make print edition

Dave King, the Blue Jackets first head coach, was named to the Order of Hockey in
Canada this week. He was named along with Paul Henderson, who scored the winning goal in the Game 8
of Canada’s Summit Series with the Soviet Union in 1972, and Hall of Famer Mark Messier.

The program, run by Hockey Canada, honors select individuals whose “role or service in the
game is recognized as extraordinary” in that country.

King, 64, coached Canadian teams at the Winter Olympics, world hockey championships and world
junior championships in addition to the NHL. He told the Canadian Press that . “I fell in love with
the game when I was a little guy, four or five years old. Now I’m in my mid-60s and still in love
with the game. I enjoy it.”

Xavier and Butler are among the schools that could join with seven Big East
basketball schools that are considering breaking away from the league. According to the Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel, a new 10-team conference would also include the seven Big East schools –
Marquette, DePaul, Georgetown, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall and Villanova – and at least one
other school, likely either Dayton, Creighton, Virginia Commonwealth or St. Louis. All of some of
those schools could also be included in a larger league.

The newspaper indicated that the decision to form the new league has already been made,
according to sources at Marquette. The only holdup is Georgetown President John J. DeGioia, who is
struggling with the idea of his school leaving the Big East.

On the bigsoccer.com web site a “Fire Warzycha, 2012 Edition (2.0)” thread that
was started on Sept. 5, 2012, has grown to 642 posts. Not all of them are in favor of firing him,
but it offers a lively and mostly intelligent discussion of his strengths and failings as coach and
the direction the team should take.

By way of example, here’s part of what “Kayak” wrote this week:

“I'll say this with (Federico) Higuain leading the way I could see our standing improving
dramatically next year. I can see how we could be competing for the top of the east if not the
league, I believe Higuain is that good. If that were to happen I hope our front office isn't
blinded by the success, because we could do even more with a better coach. They did a great job
going out and convincing Higuain to come here but just because they got one of the best in the
league to come here doesn't mean they should rest on that. They should get a coach that is as
tactically gifted off the field as Higuain is on it.”

If nothing else, the growing thread shows the intense interest in the team among Crew
fans.

Several sources have told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Miami defensive
coordinator Mark D'Onofrio and New York Giants assistant Matt Rhule are the finalists for Temple's
head coaching job. Ohio State running backs coach Stan Drayton interviewed for the position, which
had been occupied by Steve Addazio.

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Winnipeg defenseman Ron Hainsey, a former Blue Jacket, has been heavily involved
in the NHL labor negoatiations, which the CBC’s Elliotte Friedman suggested may be at his own
peril. Hainsey will be an unrestricted free agent next summer and the rumors are out there that he
will never get another NHL contract. When Friedman asked him about it, Hainsey nodded, in
anticipation of the question.

"My wife and I have talked about it," he said. "If I play the way I'm capable of,
everything will work out."

Hainsey has been one of Donald Fehr's staunchest supporters throughout the negotiations,
believing strongly that the players must hold firm. He has attended most of the meetings, and he
has become a go-to man for many players who text him for his opinion or information.

"He's their bad cop," one NHL negotiator said. "Over the line sometimes."

An NHL executive told the CBC that Hainsey “is taking great personal risk, because not only is
he battling some powerful owners, he's got to justify to players who want to play why the current
strategy is the right one."

The former first round draft pick played three seasons in Columbus, 2005-2008.